Hello everyone, this week we have a big list of updates, fixes, and improvements that we think will make using My Music Staff even better, and quicker!

This Week’s List of Changes:

• The Attendance Pop-up has been completely redesigned internally so that the « Loading… » box never appears after the popup is open. This should make taking attendance significantly faster, particularly if you are using a slower Internet connection. You may still see the « Loading… » screen while your attendance is being saved.
• The « Note » field has now been included in the mileage report.
• A glitch in the « Calendar » filter has now been fixed: If you filter by student, leave the Calendar, then return, the selected student was not shown in the filter (even though the filter was still applied). This is now working as expected.
• If you edit a recurring entry in the « Mileage » page that uses the « Monthly » option, the recurring settings are now repopulated correctly.
• When emailing lesson notes to parents, the « Note to Student Name: » text will no longer be displayed if no notes to student are entered.
• We’ve added a new « Back to Studio Site » link to the main menu in the Student Portal. This will take students back to your website without forcing them to logout of their account. This menu item is only visible if you configure a website under the « Website » settings in your My Music Staff account.
• We fixed a layout issue on the « Mileage » tab of the « Studio Settings » page.
• When editing a previous payment, the « Student » drop down list will automatically reselect the applicable student.
• We’ve optimized the « Expenses & Other Income » page so that it loads faster for large studios (and adding/editing expenses is quicker).
• If you move a lesson time, the « Reminder Sent » flag is automatically reset so that a reminder will be sent for the new lesson time.
• If you change the duration of an already scheduled lesson, the teacher’s « Payroll » entry will now be updated automatically (this affected multi-teacher studios who pay an hourly rate).
• On the calendar event pop-up, the full attendance description is now displayed if you hover over the « X » or check mark. This allows you to see how the attendance was set without actually taking the attendance again.
• On the « Attendance » pop-up, you can now record a payment even if the attendance is set to « Present, Makeup« . This allows you to quickly record a payment even if the student is attending a makeup lesson (with no lesson charge).
• You now have the option to subscribe to our « Weekly Updates » via email. Just use the « Subscribe for weekly updates via email » form to the lower right of the screen and you’ll never miss an update again.

We hope you find this week’s list of updates, changes, and improvements helpful. Have a great week!

– The My Music Staff Team